The land of pluck; stories and sketches for young folk (1894)
Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Century Co. · leaf 20
dens row their pleasure- i/ boats where their ancestors played tag among the hay-stacks. When the tide sweeps unceremoniously overMynheers garden, he lights his pipe, takes his fishing-rod,and sits down on his back porch to try his luck. If hispet pond breaks loose and slips away, he whistles, puts… … MYNHEER SITS DOWN ON HIS BACK PORCH TO TRY HIS LUCK. it had not been for the Dutch, we may be sure that bythis time there would be no Holland at all. And yet this very Holland, besides holding its ownplace, has managed to gain a foothold on almost every THE LAND OF PLUCK JT quarter of the globe. An…
Children's stories, American
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